- UK judge orders Craig Wright to pay £225,000 ($290,000) for improper AI use in appeal documents.
- Court ruled Wright’s submissions were “exceptional, wholly unnecessary, and wholly disproportionate.”
- This marks the first instance in UK civil courts where a litigant faced financial penalties for using AI in court documents.
A UK judge has ordered self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright to pay £225,000 ($290,000) in legal costs after determining he “improperly” used Artificial Intelligence to prepare appeal documents that “risked significantly misleading the court.”
According to a court order shared by PA News Agency, Lord Justice Arnold criticized Wright’s appeal submissions as “exceptional, wholly unnecessary, and wholly disproportionate.” The judge specifically highlighted that Wright pursued his applications “in part for ulterior motives, and in particular in support of his publicity campaign.”
The financial penalty consists of £100,000 to cover Crypto Open Patent Alliance’s (COPA) appeal costs and an additional £125,000 for legal costs incurred by various developers.
A representative from Bird & Bird, the law firm representing COPA, told PA News Agency: “This is a stark warning to litigants, and in particular litigants in person, about the risks of using generative AI tools to create court documents.”
Legal experts note this ruling represents a precedent as the first case in UK civil courts where a party faced financial penalties specifically for AI usage in legal documents.
Wright’s recent legal troubles have been compounded by unusual claims regarding his whereabouts. In December, he claimed to be in Asia, and more recently stated he was involved in an 80km/h head-on collision with a truck that allegedly caused injuries to his shoulder and knee.
This latest ruling follows Wright’s failed November appeal against a High Court judgment that determined he was not the inventor of Bitcoin as he had claimed. In a separate but related case, Wright was previously ordered to pay COPA’s legal costs after being found guilty of contempt of court in December.
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